#asabutterfeildfic

"I'm not cranky" he protested

"I'm tired. I got no sleep last night"

"ohh noo! You poor baby." She cooed checking they were out of the camera view before wrapping her arms around his back,

Jacob blushed at the contact, his tiredness causing him to immediately lean into her touch for support. "Hey… I am not a baby" he protested weakly,

"You’re my baby." She whispered,

his blush darkened at that. he was about to protest again but stopped. instead, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer as he leaned on her more. she felt comfortable. warm. safe from the world to him.

"what's the troubles Jake? Tell me.."

he was silent for a moment, just taking in the comfort of her embrace. it took a good minute before he spoke up, "just…tired… Dad's started bugging me about college."

"ooooh college. Gonna bankrupt your butt for some paperwork."

he rolled his eyes, "yeah… that about sums it up… he keeps going on about how I need to get my life together"

"… Your shits more together than his is."

he chuckled at that, "Yeah… I guess so… its not exactly like I don't have my crap together… I'm working. I'm getting good grades… but it's still not good enough for him"

"he's a dick." She says "Do you wanna go to college?"

he shrugs, "not really… but that's not an option. apparently I have to… according to my dad"

"you're an adult. If you don't wanna go. Don't go. But if you do wanna go and learn stuff then go. Get out of goddamn Florida and go on an adventure!"

he chuckled again at her enthusiasm, it was one of the things he loved about her. She was always so energetic and cheerful, she always had that 'go getter' attitude that he somewhat lacked. he was more like a cat. lazy, content to just stay in bed for days, but at the same time he was loyal and cuddly, and maybe just a little bit clingy, "Yeah… suppose I could do that…"

"You can always come with me?"

he raised an eyebrow curiously, "And where are you going?"

"adventure." She giggled "I did everything my dad asked so as a graduation present I got the travel photography contract for his magazine. He's bought me a VW and I'm get to drive around the country taking cute pictures." She explained.

Jacob's eyes widened, surprise, and a little bit of excitement in his expression. he knew about her love of photography, and that she was working hard towards that, but didn't realise it was actually happening. he was honestly super happy for her, and proud that she got that chance "That's… that's amazing y/n. I'm really happy for you" he smiled. he couldn't bring himself to feel anything but happiness. sure, he was probably gonna miss her like hell, but she so clearly deserved this…

"you're always welcome to come with me. Two cameras are better than one. Or even just as my copywriter. Or driver. Or just snuggle bug."

he almost immediately wanted to say yes to that. the thought of just getting to travel with her. just the two of them. it was an incredibly tempting offer. "What's the catch?"

"… You and me in an old VW camper for… At least the next year."

Jacob hummed thoughtfully. "Just us… alone… in a van for an entire year… no one else. just us” his mind began to drift towards some not so innocent thoughts very quickly,

"mhm." She nodded

"That sounds… very tempting" he paused for a moment, looking around quickly to make sure they were still not scene, before he slowly leaned in a bit closer, a sly smile pulling at his lips "And I suppose we'd be sharing a bed in this van yeah?"

"mhm." She nodded

he smirked a little, a mischievous look in his eye, his mind now completely focused and settled on this new idea. The more he thought about it, the more appealing it was becoming to him. just going on the road, travelling around the country, with his best friend. they could go anywhere, and do anything… what could possibly go wrong . "And who says one year is gonna be enough to get all this traveling done. We could be doing this for years…"

"year of travelling and then we come back to Florida, and get the new list of places."

he hummed thoughtfully."And where exactly are you gonna be getting the money to keep us fed and the van gassed up for this trip of yours?"

"I send photos dad sends money."

"Sounds like you've thought this through pretty well" he admitted, looking up at her with an admiring look in his eyes

"Jake I've been thinking about this since I was twelve."

he chuckled again, reaching to give her a playful nudge "I can tell…" he paused for a moment before a small smirk pulled at the corner of his mouth "So you wanna go on a road trip… alone… in a camper van… for possibly several years… sounds like the perfect opportunity for something from some kinda cheesy romance movie"

"yeah!"

he rolled his eyes, chuckling again. damn it, why was she so damn adorable when she got excited like that. "And here I thought you were supposed to be the responsible one…"

"I am responsible. I have plans. A job lined up and enough savings to reasonably get me through an apocalypse."

"Yeah? Am I gonna be with you in this apocalypse?"

“Of course! I need my snuggle bug with me,”

“Awww… I need you with me too y/n.” He cooed, “So? Can I come?”

"But what if-"

"Shh" he stopped her, one of his arms going behind her while the other lightly laid across her shoulders, pulling her a bit closer. "you got to trust me, this stuff happens all the time here. We will be fine, I'm sure of it."

She nodded laying her head on his shoulder. "Why does it happen?"

He chuckled lightly, shifting a slight bit to make her more comfortable, "Well, the sea has always been a bit temperamental in this area. So storms like this are pretty normal."

She nodded sheepishly, "What if the power goes out…"

"Then we light all these candles I have and have a nice dinner with candlelight." He took a hand and gently lifted her chin so she was looking at him. "Seriously Y/n it will be fine, I have it all covered"

“What if the water goes off!"

"We have a ton of bottled water and I got enough cases of beer to survive for a month," He smiled, "you are just going to have to trust me, sweetheart."

She nodded "sorry… We don't get things like this…"

"yeah I know sweetheart, I know." he cooed, "I'm trying to keep you calm but you are doing a pretty bang-up job of freaking yourself out"

She nodded and returned focus to the TV. Y/n slightly shivered with tears watching the reports using all these terms she didn't understand giant red maps and warnings all just making her more spooked.

Jake instinctively pulled her closer. So he now had both arms wrapped around her to try to provide her with some form of comfort, he lightly rubbed her arms. "Hey, look at me"

She didn't meet his eyes the TVs warnings reflecting in her eyes

He took in a slight breath and used his hand to move her chin, forcing her to look at him, "I said look at me."

Y/n met his eyes,

"You have to calm down sweetheart. you are a lot stronger than you give yourself credit for,"

She nodded sheepishly

"Good girl," he spoke gently, and with one arm still around her he used his free hand to softly cup her face in his hand. "you have to start trusting me a bit here Sweetheart. You know that I am not going to let anything bad happen to you right?" he cooed, "I need you to trust me and trust that I am going to take care of you,"

"I know…" She nodded, "I suppose it's just scary because it's so out of our control,"

Jake took a second to think and then spoke again. "You are right, no one can control the storm…. but there is something else we can control." he spoke gently, his gaze fixed on her, "You and I control what happens in here. We control how we choose to ride out this storm." he smiled wrapping his arms tight around her, "This storm can't take anything away from me. I already have everything I need right here in my arms," Gently pulling her forward until their foreheads were lightly touching together,

She blushed and nuzzled closer to Jake's head wrapping her arms around his torso,

he let out a soft laugh, "See now you're being a smart girl. you are already calming down a bit." He lightly teased her. using his hand on her neck he tilted her head slightly, so he could lightly kiss her forehead,

She cooed happily always so joyful whenever she got kisses, "Hey Jake?" She giggled,

"hm?"

"…can we build a little fort?" She whispered,

he smiled and laughed, "You want to build a fort?"

She nodded, "A safe little fort. Where the storm can't get us." She giggled, "With the mattress and pillows and blankets and supplies,"

he smiled, a light laugh escaping at her adorableness, "Alright a safe little fort it is," he cooed, "it will be the best damn fort in the world," he knew it was stupid and kinda childish, but he also knew it would probably help keep her mind off the storm,

The next two hours were spent turning the living room into the amazing fort that could be created, with their mattress on the floor sheets hung from the ceiling, fairy lights and pillows everywhere. The TV at one end as well as a box of snacks. The whole place was cosy and comfy and inside the sounds of the storm were muted. And you could forget the storm was happening at all.

Jake lay on the mattress, his back resting up against a giant pile of pillows and his eyes focused on the tv. He was waiting for his cute girlfriend to return with whatever food she had decided to grab from the kitchen

Y/n returned in her pj shirt with an armful of her favourite chocolate-covered strawberries. Setting the snacks by the water and jumping onto the mattress beside him.

His arm immediately went to her waist, pulling her closer and into his side. "You are so predictable," he teased lightly,

"oh?" She blushed,

he gave her a light squeeze and pulled her even closer to him. His head lowered to the side of her now, his face close to her neck. "Only you would think that chocolate covered strawberries are a great fort snack"

"They are the best." She smiled grabbing the bag getting a small one out and feeding it to him,

"I didn’t say I didn’t agree," he smirked. Opening his mouth he took the strawberry from her and ate it, making a hum of approval as he tasted it, “Very good Sweetheart.”

She giggled opening her mouth to be fed a strawberry too,

He and repeated the motion, giving her a strawberry from the bag. He watched as she ate it and smiled at her. He had to admit that this was pretty nice. Just the two of them away from the world for a few hours. No thoughts of upcoming matches or the storm threatening the city. Just him and her tucked inside this silly fort they had constructed, "I really like this."

"you do?"

"Mmhmm" he nodded, “we should spend every storm like this,”

“I think so too.” she nodded nuzzling into his chest,

So Jake wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her forehead, “Yeah, every strom we build our little fort, safe and sound just you and me.” He smiled,

I sat angrily in the study room trying to get this stuff to work properly "Ughh!" I sighed "I hate political history I swear to god I'd Suck a dick to get out of this project" I sighed 

the moment I had uttered those words I heard a creek to my side, I looked and saw the doorway to the other study rooms and there stood in his uniform was Willoughby Blake giving me an inviting look

"That was not an invitation, to insert yourself in the situation Mr Blake," I told him 

"You want me to do your Political history project?" he asks 

"Not that badly" 

"Tease" he sighed heading back to his room.

I sighed leaning over with my hands on my knees trying to get my breath back, the Andromeda girls at the front and the other houses behind them always made it that way as the boys would always happily run behind the girls, But I was up the back in the asthma section. 

"I hate Physical Ed Thursdays" I sighed "Fuck. I'd suck a dick to get out of this every week"

"I'd take you up but that might kill me," Will says collapsing on the grass beside me 

"That. Was not an invitation will"

"Tease" he sighed gasping desperately "Please help me. My inhaler is empty"

"here" I sighed throwing him my inhaler

"Thanks"

I sighed sitting on my bed I had been trying to read this damn book for an hour and I had gotten utterly nowhere "Ughhh! I hate Latin. Why do I have to do Latin? it's a dead language. the only time anyone uses Latin is when they need an exorcism" I sighed "I swear I'd suck a dick to not have to do Latin" 

the moment I uttered those words I realized my mistake 

"Oh god damn it" 

"Salve amica, vocasti" Will smirked as he leant on my open door 

"That was not an invitation!" I yelled 

"Want me to do it or not?"

"...yes please"

"Then you know what to do if you want the Latin work done"

"Fine" I sighed "shut the door"

I made myself my fresh brewed up of tea taking it in hand and having a little sip out of my sloth mug when I heard a clatter upstairs. I tried not to worry about it and continue with my tea until I heard even more clattering and clunking from upstairs. I tried to force it from my mind perhaps the cats just having a particularly destructive zoom this morning. But I heard even more even louder than before so I sighed putting my tea down and heading upstairs to the office where it looked like a bomb had gone off.

Stuff everywhere imaginable, furniture in random places, the cats in the hammock amused by it all and in the middle a determined looking asa.

"What on earth are you doing?"

"Oh hi honey"

"Hi. I repeat. What on earth are you doing?"

"Oh I was bored"

"Bored?"

"Yes"

"Have tea. Listen to music. Listen to a podcast. Tick-tock. Internet videos. Play a board game. Play a video game. All of these are options before… whatever it is your doing"

"I'm rearranging the room"

"Why?"

"...I don't have a good reason other then I got the idea in my head to move the bookshelf and now this is happening and I don't know how to stop"

"...okay. have fun" I shrug

"You don't wanna help me?"

"Not particularly asa."

"I thought maybe we could like declutter and recognize together?"

"Ohhh asa darling. This if your office. I don't touch anything in here. I just don't ask questions"

"Really?"

"Yeah. It's your chaos cupboard"

"Oh. Okay. Can I hay coffee then?"

"Yes I'll make you a coffee" I smiled going and making him a big mug of coffee and taking it up to his office 

"Umm thank you honey" he smiled as he took it

"Asa?"

"Yes?'

"Don't you have that script you need to learn by like next week?"

"Yes."

"Have you done any of that?' I asked glancing to all the work he had done in here 

"No. Because I have to do it all in such a short time frame I'm panicking so my brain is giving me a million other things to do"

"So your procrastinating?"

"I'm panicking procrastinating" he corrected

"Alright, have fun" I smiled giving him a kiss 

"Fucking cunt" Donald complained passing up and down the study room

"Yep" I sighed not really listening to him as I lay on the sofa fiddling with Tamsends air rifle he checked into my storage at the start of term.

"What the hell am I gonna do? she wants to meet with me tomorrow in her free period which I already agreed to and stupid franklin won't let me out of his class!"

"Why don't you get yourself an excuse note?"

"how the hell am I gonna do that?"

"Get one from the Calligrapher?" I suggested

"The who?"

"The calligrapher, No idea who he is some kid who makes forgeries for any paperwork you need" I explained

"What! you know you could have said this before"

"I could, but you were being a dick."

"Can you take me?"

"Sure" I sighed putting my stuff down and sneaking him out of the room and into the caverns and tunnels under Slaughter passing many people doing their own little money-making ventures as the tunnels were primarily used for business and for hookups sometimes both.

Until we arrived at a small room with a stairwell elsewhere a small wooden desk where a person in uniform worked by candlelight on a pile of paperwork, I had never met the calligrapher personality though I had commissioned a few things in my time through others.

"We seek the calligrapher" I spoke up for a moment there was no answer before the pen was set down and the chair turned revealing ... a sweet Andromeda girl in her cute little skirt and tie

"You come to the correct place," she says

"Oh. we didn't expect you to-"

"I know. few do. what do you want?" she asks

"He needs a class excuse"

"who for?"

"Franklin's physics" Donald spoke up

"easy," she says opening a desk draw and having a flip through her paperwork "Here. premade just plug your name in. six cigarettes or a medium vodka" she explained

"Ohh sure" he nods handing over the cigarettes and she handed him the note, if I didn't know better I'd have said it was official, on letterhead with signatures and even the school watermark on the paper

"Fuck. that is impressive," I told her

"Thank you" she smiled

"Do you do doctors' notes out of PE?" I asked her

"I can, but they take a bit more work and customization," she says "I need special paper and I'm all out, plus it requires three signatures so as you can imagine a lot of work."

"Understandable, how much for out of PE for the next two terms with a preexisting asthma condition?"

"Two boxes of cigarettes, a tub of benny and jerry's and five sessions of casual sex"

"Silms?"

"Gold band"

"Ohh... counter. seven sessions of sex and half a box of gold band"

"I'm open to that."

"Cookie dough ice cream?"

"Alaskan baked or Caramell chew chew"

"... That can be arranged."

"Good, I'll get working once its been delivered. thank you have a nice day" she says before returning to her work so we headed back to our study room

"you're really gonna?" Donald asked

I walked along the darkening little streets on the island, the sun setting across the vast water. I was still being quiet even if I knew I was far enough from the house they wouldn't notice me sneaking away and I knew they wouldn't notice me missing this late.

I stopped short and froze as I saw in the middle of the road a figure.

they froze too and in the sunset light, we could see each other.

"Hello jake"

"Hello y/n"

"what are you doping out of the house this time of night?"

"I.... could ask you the same thing"

"well... I didn't see you if you didn't want me to"

"yes. and I uhh I didn't see you either," he says "But uhhh... would you mind if I tag along?"

"fine. but you say a word to anyone where I go I will drown you" I warn him as I continued on so he happily followed me

"where are we going?"

"My special place"

"Ohh?"

"my privet special place, and if you dare tell anyone about it I will drown you jake. I'm serious. not Emma. not Miss Peregrin. not anyone" I Warned

"Okay, not a word. I swear" he says  

"good. what are you doing out here anyway?" I asked

"Just wanted a walk"

"Jake. come on"

"Emma's mad at me so I'm taking a little walk"

"mad?"

"Very mad."

"how mad exactly."

"well, she's not my girlfriend anymore"

"Ohh... I'm sorry jake"

"It's okay. I'm not worrying about it" He says

"why not?" I asked

"we've been fighting for a while, so we just broke it off. started taking walks so I don't have to keep getting yelled at that she doesn't want me hanging around"

"aww you poor thing. come on I'll help take your mind off it" I smiled as we arrived at the little cove "come on" I giggled and he followed a little confused by the route till we arrived at my little pool, with the privacy of the rocks and the beautiful moonlight cascading in

"whoa.... what is this place?"

"My little pool" I giggled "I come here to think. and to relax" I smiled, "I think... you could need to relax too"

"Yeah properly" he nods "I never asked anyway what is... your peculiarity? exactly?"

"Would you like to see?"

"Uhhhh.... okay" He nods

I giggled and slipped my dress off

"Uhhhhh- ummm" He muttered unable to keep his eyes away from me

I peeled off my stockings and my panties, unclipping my bra and throwing it at him landing on his lap but his eyes didn't even move his eyes wide fixated on me, I giggled blowing him a kiss and jumping into the pool

"AHHHHH Y/N!" He yelled regaining composer and running to the pool trying to get his clothes off in order to jump in after me but I popped my head out and giggled at him

"what are you so panicked about?"

"you jumped I-" he began

"relax jake" I smiled moving out a little more so he could see my neck

"whoa... your? your peculiarity is breathing underwater?"

"ummm hum"

"wow. your like a... like a mermaid"

"I guess so" I shrug "so? you comin'?"

"you mean it?"

"Ummm hum. come and swim. I promise it'll relax you. and I can happily take you're mind off things" I giggled